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Lacramioara Vasilica Ciomartan
Knowing the whole population, the role and the place of each person in the reproduction of the population, in the economic and social activity, as well as the correlated analysis on age and sex groups is essential in order to ground economic and social p...
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Elizabeth Kemigisha, Viola N. Nyakato, Katharine Bruce, Gad Ndaruhutse Ruzaaza, Wendo Mlahagwa, Anna B. Ninsiima, Gily Coene, Els Leye and Kristien Michielsen
Measures of sexual wellbeing and positive aspects of sexuality in the World Health Organization definition for sexual health are rarely studied and remain poorly understood, especially among adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa. The objective of this study ...
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Elizabeth Kemigisha, Viola N. Nyakato, Katharine Bruce, Gad Ndaruhutse Ruzaaza, Wendo Mlahagwa, Anna B. Ninsiima, Gily Coene, Els Leye and Kristien Michielsen
Measures of sexual wellbeing and positive aspects of sexuality in the World Health Organization definition for sexual health are rarely studied and remain poorly understood, especially among adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa. The objective of this study ...
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Feler Bose,Jeffry A Jacob
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Understanding legal regulation on sexual practices is a field in its infancy. In this paper we analyze the factors driving these sexual regulations using a novel dataset for the U.S. for the years 1990 to 2010. We first introduce the index of sexual regu...
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Zorana Stamenkovic, Julio de Araujo Gurgel, Nenad Popovic and Nemanja Marinkovic
Aim of the study was to show the effect of skeletal Class II treatment with the mandibular anterior repositioning appliance (MARA) on the sagittal posterior airway space (PAS) diameter. A total of 53 patients were selected retrospectively: 26 male patien...
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Tomasz Urbanowicz, Michal Michalak, Ewa Marzec, Anna Komosa, Krzysztof J. Filipiak, Anna Olasinska-Wisniewska, Anna Witkowska, Michal Rodzki, Andrzej Tykarski and Marek Jemielity
Background: The electrical properties of cells and tissues in relation to energy exposure have been investigated, presenting their resistance and capacitance characteristics. The dielectric response to radiofrequency fields exhibits polarization heteroge...
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Nicolas Lopez-Galvez, Jocelyn Claude, Patty Wong, Asa Bradman, Carly Hyland, Rosemary Castorina, Robert A. Canales, Dean Billheimer, Elmira Torabzadeh, James O. Leckie and Paloma I. Beamer
Background: There are growing health concerns about exposure to toxicants released from recycled tire rubber, which is commonly used in synthetic turf and playground mats. To better estimate children?s exposure and risk from recycled tire rubber used in ...
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Giacomo Giacalone, Marta Zanoletti, Rebecca Re, Davide Contini, Lorenzo Spinelli, Alessandro Torricelli and Luisa Roveri
Biomarkers of microcirculation dysfunction may help in the study of cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD). Time-Domain Near-Infrared spectroscopy (TD-NIRS), estimating the oxygenation of microcirculation of cerebral outer layers, might indirectly correlat...
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Brianna F. Moore, Lesley M. Butler, Annette M. Bachand, Agus Salim, Stephen J. Reynolds, Renwei Wang, Tracy L. Nelson, Jennifer L. Peel, Sharon E. Murphy, Woon-Puay Koh, Jian-Min Yuan and Maggie L. Clark
The combination of poor diet and exposure to secondhand smoke may increase hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels, but few studies have explored this interaction. We explored an interaction among 574 never-smoking adults from the Singapore Chinese Health Study. A...
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Aleksandra Diana Dwulit and Piotr Rzymski
This cross-sectional online survey of Polish students (n = 6463) assessed the frequency and patterns of pornography consumption, its self-perceived effects, the prevalence of self-perceived pornography addiction, and opinions on the potential effects of ...
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Matthew H. E. M. Browning and Alessandro Rigolon
Examination of the greenspace—human health relationship operates in at least four dimensions: what is considered greenspace? which moderators and mediators are included? what outcomes are measured? and which units of analysis (e.g., individuals, ci...
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Martin J. Wells, Troy E. Gilmore, Aaron R. Mittelstet, Daniel Snow and Steven S. Sibray
Shallow aquifers are prone to nitrate contamination worldwide. In western Nebraska, high groundwater nitrate concentrations ([NO3-]) have resulted in the exploration of new groundwater and nitrogen management regulations in the North Platte Natural Resou...
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Yu Zou, Da-Hong Wang, Noriko Sakano, Yoshie Sato, Suketaka Iwanaga, Kazuhisa Taketa, Masayuki Kubo, Kei Takemoto, Chie Masatomi, Kiyomi Inoue and Keiki Ogino
Retinol, a-tocopherol, and ?-tocopherol are fat-soluble vitamins acting as antioxidants via the prevention of lipid oxidation. Little is known about circulatory levels in healthy individuals. The present cross-sectional study aimed at elucidating the rel...
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Luciana Debs and Jamie Metzinger
The present research analyzes the impact of nine factors related to household demographics, building equipment, and building characteristics towards a home?s total energy consumption while controlling for climate. To do this, we have surveyed single-fami...
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Oana Suciu, Bogdan Deleanu, Horia Haragus, Teodora Hoinoiu, Cristina Tudoran, Adrian Todor, Andrei Ghiorghitoiu, Nevena Velimirovici and Roxana Ramona Onofrei
Background: we aimed to analyze the influence of antithrombotic medication in delaying surgery for fragility hip fractures; Method: a total of 312 consecutive hip fracture cases over 55 years who underwent surgery in our Orthopedic Clinic; Results: of th...
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Edward Nathan Wolff
I find here that the early and mid 2000s (2001 to 2007) witnessed both exploding debt and a consequent ?middle class squeeze.? Median wealth grew briskly in the late 1990s and even faster in the 2000s. The inequality of net worth was up slightly during t...
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Zsofia Jokkel, Marcell Szily, Marton Piroska, Helga Szabó, Anita Hernyes, Gergely Szabó, Ildikó Kalina, Pál Maurovich-Horvat, David Laszlo Tarnoki and Adam Domonkos Tarnoki
Background: Recurrent upper airway obstruction during sleep is a common feature of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Risk factors for the development of OSA include obesity, male gender and smoking. In addition, anatomical factors contribute to the developm...
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Thobani Ntshiqa, Alfred Musekiwa, Riyadh Manesen, Hetani Mdose, Nqobile Ngoma, Lazarus Kuonza, Thomas Dlamini, Carl Reddy and Seymour Williams
Male circumcision (MC) reduces HIV transmission risk by up to 60% in heterosexual men. However, uptake of medical male circumcision (MMC) is low in traditionally circumcising communities of South Africa. We assessed knowledge, attitudes, and practices to...
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Xinghui Li, Yang Yu, Cheng Zheng, Yue Zhang, Chuandao Shi, Lei Zhang and Hui Qiao
Studies on the prognostic significance of preoperative radiotherapy (PERT) and postoperative radiotherapy (PORT) in patients with advanced gastric cancer (GC) remain elusive. The aim of the study was to evaluate the survival advantage of preoperative and...
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Nompilo Moyo, Martin Jones, Shaun Dennis, Karan Sharma, Michael McKeown and Richard Gray
Higher levels of educational preparation for nurses are associated with lower mortality rates in both medical and surgical wards. In mental health inpatient wards, few studies have examined whether specialist mental health nurse training has any impact o...
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